Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV23)
Publication date: 30th March 2023
Mechanical energy is the one of the most abundant and accessible energy sources, and has been widely harvested by large-scale technologies such as wind power or tidal stream generators. Piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) provide a potential way to convert small mechanical energy such as body motion or vibration into electricity, which can be used to power small portable electronics, medical bio implants, remote wireless sensors etc. [1] Also, solar energy offers the potential to provide much higher power levels than motion since the sun delivers more energy to the earth in 1 h than the entire planet consumes in one year. However, light is not always available, nor is movement, therefore a hybrid energy harvester that can make use of both sources provide a more reliable and high-level of power for small, portable or self-powered devices.
Here, a solar and piezoelectric hybrid energy harvester (HEH) combining PENGs and perovskite solar cell with the structure of PET/ITO/ZnO seed layer/ZnO nanorods/perovskite/hole transport layer/Au (Figure a) was designed, fabricated and tested. Oscillation (NG) and illumination (PV effect) testing indicated that HEHs operated as kinetic and solar energy harvesters both separately and simultaneously. (Figure b) The length and diameter of ZnO nanorods (Figure c and d), and the perovskite composition (MAPbI3, CsPbI2Br and CsPbI1.5Br1.5) were optimised to achieve the enhancement of both PV and NG output performance. The coupling effect between perovskite and piezoelectric ZnO nanorods, as known as the piezo-phototronic effect, was also investigated. [2]
Y.Z. acknowledges PhD scholarship funding from the China Scholarship Council and Queen Mary University of London.
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